Kankakee township, Kankakee County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile

Number of foreign born residents: 7 (31% naturalized citizens)

Kankakee township:

6.6%

Whole state:

12.3%

54% of Kankakee township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago. Out of people who lived in different houses, 71% lived in this county. Out of people who lived in different counties, 64% lived in Illinois.

Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (4%)

Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)

Secretaries and administrative assistants (4%)

Class of Workers

Most common first ancestries reported in Kankakee township:

German (13.2%)

Irish (5.9%)

French (except Basque) (5.5%)

United States or American (4.4%)

English (3.5%)

Italian (3.3%)

Polish (2.7%)

Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:

Mexico (78%)

Thailand (5%)

India (3%)

Germany (3%)

Laos (2%)

Other Western Africa (1%)

Iraq (1%)

Means of transportation to work:

Drove a car alone: 8,181 (74%)

Carpooled: 1,801 (16%)

Bus or trolley bus: 109 (1%)

Railroad: 45 (0%)

Bicycle: 82 (1%)

Walked: 336 (3%)

Other means: 203 (2%)

Worked at home: 258 (2%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel:

Utility gas (84%)

Electricity (15%)

Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)

People in group quarters in Kankakee township, Illinois:

676 people in schools, hospitals, or wards for the mentally retarded

395 people in nursing homes

149 people in other noninstitutional group quarters

140 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)

112 people in mental (psychiatric) hospitals or wards

23 people in homes for the mentally ill

22 people in orthopedic wards and institutions for the physically handicapped

21 people in homes for the mentally retarded

12 people in religious group quarters

89.0% of residents of Kankakee township speak English at home.
8.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (43% speak English very well, 22% speak English well, 23% speak English not well, 13% don't speak English at all).
1.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (71% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 9% speak English not well).
0.6% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (43% speak English very well, 44% speak English well, 13% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).